Canto XLV Allusions

Literary and Philosophical References

• Francois Villon, Grand Testament (6-7)
• Aristotle, Politics (47)

Historical References

• Andrea Mantegna, Gonzaga, His Heirs and His Concubines (painting) (11)
• Pietro Lombardo, Italian sculptor (28)
• Agostino di Duccio, Italian sculptor (30)
• Piero della Francesca, Italian painter (31)
• Giovanni Bellini or "Zuan Bellin," Venetian painter (31)
• Sandro Botticelli, Calumny (painting) (32)
• Church of San Zeno, in Verona, Italy (34)
• St. Trophime Church (35)
• Saint Hilaire Church (36)
• Hans Memling, Flemish painter (42)
• Eleusis, a town in ancient Greece where spring fertility rites were celebrated (48)